Thao & Tung: A Summer Celebration at Schloss Höhenried
More than a hundred guests, a lakeside castle, and a day that was hot in both temperature and feeling.
Some weddings are quiet, and others fill the whole lake. Thao and Tung’s was the second kind. They gathered family and friends at Schloss Höhenried on the shores of Lake Starnberg, and the day felt more like a reunion than an event.
It was one of those summer days when the air barely moves, and the emotions ran just as high. The bride wore a clean strapless column gown with a long, airy veil. The groom wore a classic black tuxedo and bow tie. Between them was a soft bouquet of blush roses, calla lilies and orchids, plus one charming detail: a white paper parasol, as practical as it was pretty in the afternoon heat.
The ceremony was led by friends rather than an officiant, and that set the tone for the rest of the day. The vows and speeches came from people who knew the couple best, and you could hear it in the laughter and see it in the tears. People said kind things, and they meant them.
In the evening the celebration turned into a proper party, the kind guests keep talking about long after it ends. Over a hundred people danced in the castle’s warm summer night while the lake slowly went dark outside.
